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• I: I 7AL NFWS- LYMOUTII, AUG. 14.—Arrived theliptinish pot acre Francisco de Paudau, of Cadit, JUAQUIM GAXISCA bI RUEDA master, from Carthagena, laden with cotton, dye-wood, bark, gold and silver barS, about 40,000' dollars, and . bout 100 sacks of flOur; bound to Cadiz, Was captured ..)n the 31. st July, bY: the French 'orig "letter of marqUe colnparabl, of - 4 guns, and several swivels, and manned with 50 men, Which Vessei was from Senegal, bound to St. Maloes, to which port the letter of 'marque belonged. On the morning of de id Of AUgust hiS' Majesty's ship Diana discoere'd the enemy' with her prize near . the' Western Islands, upon which the privateer plun dered the polacre of the dollars-and bark, and threw overboard the flour, and- then made off, leaving a few Frenchmen on board, , 'should the Diana not come up with her, but . which, howeVer, she vffeEtid; " after a F}hoit chace. The privateer escaped. • " • Arrived and sailed again the schooner Sir Charle's Cotton, of . Malta," lArk.. - JON Es master, froni -Malta , and Gibraltar;laden with Bar`illa,•bound to' London. - Sailed the Swallow and Goldfinch sloop's of war the' former to the Eastward, arid the 'latter on a #ruize. Arrived a gun-brig, with a new sloop of war, from the Eastward j . and the schooner Gamecock, EftLEas, froin Fowey, laden with coffee, bOund to' Malt. YARMOUTH, AUG. 1 5.--Arrived this' morning the Aluspito sloop and several transports, from the Weser, with part of the Duke of BRUNSWICK'S army on board, remaining in the Roads with the Roebuck. and Constant!. limn, AUG: 15'.— Passed by here .for London, the Tarleton, CRAKE, from 'Grenada , and the Cuniterland, Munia, from the River La Plata. The . Hby 'Scunizel has; been re-captured and sent in by his Majesty's Schooner Alpha : silt- is froin Liverpool, laden with salt ; she was captured oti . Peachy Head Ylst night . by a French privateer. DEAL, AUG. 15.—Arrived, and ailed for the River; .the Providence, INGICAM; from New Provi dence. Came down from the River, the Active, Goon iaLLow, for Rio Janeiro ; Lady Esther Stanhope, GooD4LL, for 1-Ltyti; Fortitude, for Dewerara ; tind Horizon, PITT, for Virginia. FALMOUTH, AUG. I3:--Arrived the Princess Ame lia Packet, from Jamaica, in 35 days. I) ORTsMOUTH, AUG. 15.—Sailed his Majesty's Ships La Nymph, Fylia, Jasper, Eyderen, with the Mediterranean, Lisbon, 'and Oporto fleets, to Yar..- Mouth Roads. ISLINDs or SCILLY, At/G. B.—On the 6tl► inst. the Prussian bark 4lbertina, from London to Liver- Pool, in ballast, going out of Harbour, ran on some rock, by which means some damage has been sus tained in her bottom, and, in conseqUence thereof, B he is brought on the beach to receive the necessary repairs. AuG.'.g.—Came in for water and other.neCissa rie3, his Majesty's cutter Entreprenante, Lieut. P• WlLLlssis, from Plymouth, bciund to Co nstanti- nople. PErttAist-, AUG. io.— , -Arrived the 4fiza packet, from the Brazils. Sailed the 18th of June. [ions. SHEERNESS ; 'AUG. 13.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Aggressor, with a convoy, for Oottenburgh. * Yesterday; at noon, Capt. GOATE, of the Mosquito sloop of war, arrived at the Admira',ly. His S erene ' r ligh i ness the i Duke of BRUNSWICK OELS had -ay . .' rived with Capt. GOATE, at the Clarendon Hotel, in the morning. About thr ee o ' c l oc k her Royal High ness the Princess of, WALEs came to the house of Mr. WELLESLEY POLE, at the Admiralty, where the Duke of BRUNSWICK had the first interview With his Royal sister. Their Royal - Highnesses re- Mained a long time at the window facing the street, for the gratification of the public. , HiS Highness aPpears to have suffered by bodily exertions ands the effea of weather : he is thirty-five years of age, - five feet eight inches highi has extremely large musta chios, and whiskers on his upper lip, .and sidc of his face,. with eye-brows of a hew colour.. He was dressed in a dark green coat; pantaloons, boots, and 1 ., 14 'r5, a large sabre by his side, and a leather cap, 9 ". a ret the top, from whence hung some horse- Lord Mo,GitAvE And the Board of Admi ra l t y four 6e leci L their congratulations to his Hi g h ness . 'At o'clock, the Princess of WALES, accompanied by the Duke, 'left the Admiralty for Blackheath, to Pay their respeas to their Royal Mother. On his Highness leaving the Admiralty-yard, the populace gave him cheers. The troops belonging to the Duke ofBRUNSINICK . have arriv e d a t H arw i c h i n several vessel - s. Sorie are in the Mosquito ; as also the , wholestif the suite belonging to his Highness. The whole of them are ordered to proceeu immediately to the, Isle of Wight; where they are to disembark for the present. A very spirited subscription has already been corn menced in Wolverhampton, to promote a general festivity in that populous town and neighbourhood, n the day in which .his Majesty commences the 60th year of his reign ; and a Committee is about to be appointed fOr the above patriotic purpose,' fo.con du.d a similar fete in Stafford and its vicinity. ..§P2Wir-r — /iA . b . ' (jiiiiiGt- 7 ESE Piii'lli. . GRENADA, Jin.. 4 l 17.—The Gaiette. of Madrid; of the 2pth ult. speaks of an immense mass of insures gents in the provinces of Asturias and the Montan ha; iwho; to the number of 11;000 . men, have-'made their appearance before - Santander, , entering that city, and i during a - whole day, searching for and punishing traitors. In consequence of which, our, troops made themselves masters of ' Santora and Laredo„ N advancing as'. far as Valmiseda. The account given in the said Gazette of these comnio,7,. Lions, and the exertions made to suppress their by the French, evidently shews that the ProvinceS of the North, so far from yielding - to .the numbers of theenemv, and submitting to their oppressors without resistance, are in a glorious state of insurreaion, giv ing great disturbance to the French, and annoying them by every possible means. Even the Province of Biscay, which has never been free for one mo ment from the troops 'of .the enemy, participates in the same patriotic and noble sentiments, since the ' French confess that the revolutionary ; plague has broken out in several towns of that province also. A corps of Spanish troops attacked, in the neigh bourhood of the Escurial,- a French detachmeni.— . They killed 160: men, took 500 'prisoners, r.nd a quantity of rnusquets and other effe&s. In Gallicia -and AstUrias every exertion is made in,forming corps of trocips, with a view of organizing a respe&able army of 40 or bO,OOO men, which will be completed and arthed - shortly. The ar: - .;7 of 'General BLAKE is assembling with considerable activity and diligence, and it is supposed that in a few days it will cornmen/cc offensive opera- Nine more squadrobs of cavalry, and severa corps of infantry, 'are raising; in which measure all the promptitude is exerted that circumstances, permit. According to letters from Catalonia, the enemy, intimidated by the brave garrison of Gerona; So matenes, and peasantry, firiiiing all their daring at-, tempts frustrated, havinglost a number of, men be fore the place, and having learnt that an army waS colleted vo attack him, has abandoned his- design, and - withdrawn his' heavy artillery: A numerous 'train' of .field artillery has left Carthagena for' our army of Arragon . .-4 Lisbon Diary.) ' • We have 'received intelligence that some of our Arragonese troops_ entered Guadalanara, where they killed the small French garrison, and 'sent several Of the ialiribitants prisoners to Teruel. CERVERA, JULY 4. 7 —The day before yesterday, in (he evening, our worthy Captain-General Don JOACtirm BLAKE entered this city.—(Diario de .lia dajos, 30111 July.) T4IIItACONA, 3uLY ..4,—The inbabitantsofSo Felix de Gnijoi have just given a proof of constaney, in their dislike to French domination. Having."-learnt that the enemy was approaching that town, in, nurn . -ber 9000 infantry and 600 horse, they resolved to defend themselves to this last 'extretnity—for which purpose they ,embarked all the old men, worrier), and children, with all the.plate and valuable.effetits which were in the town, and prepared to face the enemy, which - they effeEted, arresting him• for eight hours; but finding themselves unable to con tend against forces so superior, they took the. only part which remained for them, embarking and abandoning the desert town ; thus ridiculing the de sigu of the French.--(biario de Badajos.) • - .BADAJOZ, JULY 31.—The foll Owing particularsof the battle of Talavera de la Reyna have been receiv ed here from the Governor of Mel ida " The battle was fought on the 26th, 27th, and . 28th; on.,a.height adjoining the bridge of Alberche,, and about a leagre and a half from Talavera de la IleYria ; the enemy lost 14,000 men, killed, wound ed, and prisoners. 'err_ took' from them .8000 muskets, many, horses, and large qnantities, of cloathina and Our army, is in pursuit Of the ene my.Ok It is also known, that General Venegas en tered Toledo. on the 28th, with the army of La Mancha: Our loss, was inconsiderable. This ac count was communicated try the army post, which passed the Merida tour Seville on the 30th, at three o'clock in the lifternqou, and which was supposed to reach that capital on the.3lSt at break - of day. It is also said, that General Cuesta.direded the cou rier who carried the mail, to make this pleasing news known in all places through which he should pass, for the general information and satisfadion. We are anxiously looking out for the confirmation ,; of this intelligence by the next army. mail. Since: Writing the above, an ottiCial account has been Te-•' ceiVed, which not only confirms the above intelli zence, but also, that it was obstinately contested, and , at length decided by a large body of Spanish horse, tinder the command of :the Duke - of Alber querque. The enemy's loss amounts to 2.2,0,00 • men. It is said that Joseph Buonaparte, witnessed the defeat of the French army, and that both Soult ,and Ney were in the aaion.—(Lisbon Evening ' Corier, Aug. 3.) • LissoN, AU ..-4.—Accounts from the environs Of -Gerona state, that the enemy has discontinued, on a sudden the 'bombardment' against Oat place, and : is concentrating his whole force in Salt and Santa Eugenio. On the 22d -of July, the Marquis De La Rowana was expected. at Santiago. His troops were in high spirits, and proceeding by rapid marches . to Ca:iito Vello, where the enemy seems to concen trate his forces. . LISBOI4, AUG. s.—The loss of the Spanish army exceeds 'lOOO killed ; among the prisoners are se 7 veral officers, of superior rank, and a General. The introsi'ye King retired .before the conclusion of the 1 '• ' ,•• • •• ' • I • ••: I - • 1 ~t" a9wn, and it is probable ; that he immediately set Off for Madrid, whither the wounded have beer`, conducted. The" Trench army consisted of 40,000 men, among •whom• was a:considerableAna.ntity of cavalry, The, allies intended advancing: upon the enemy, and some .carps were already at Toledo',..— Mat•shal SOult was not hi the action, nor his diVi 7 sion, :Which is at Sailtintica; and M motion, againit which the tr ( oopS under the ,Ktiquis .11ornatia are advancing.• The grCat Generalsand Mprshals of the proud Elpire, sn:celehrated for .bravery, and masters of the art of war ; finally come,to lose their glory in the fields of the Peninsula. •It is probable, that Joseph ‘Buonaparte,, when helynters Madrid, Will .he with salutes (vivas), similarto those which •Jutiot received' when he laSt year -c t'ired this; defeated and pursued by our arms', '.united =with the _English.. The glory ()this Exceilency,Marshal Ge neral Wellesley will be as immortal in Portugal and Spain as in his own country. In every aetton• ;le has' diSplayed his military talents in opposition to the, " warrio.rs of France, soldiers and Generals of Jena and Marengo, 4isciples of the great Napoleon," expressions'ofJunot, with which he pestered us at the time of his being in this kingdom. We are anxiously hoping, for fresh victories, which cannot be. long delayed, as the artnies are purmii*ng the enemy,, to. drive him from ihe pYincipal positions which he occupies. The two last days of thebat battle were so laboriously obstinate _tor the troops; that they scarcely had any rest, not ha% ing even an hour fof refreshment. P. S.---After this Paper was at press, 'certain in telligence . was in 'circulation, that' tht; enemy were totally defeated at Madrid, which the Spanish Gene ral Vanegis had entered with his division, al most all the French being put 'to the. sword, who were found with arms in their handS. The people of Madrid contributed greatly to the glory of, this aEtion. - Joseph Buona i . ..arte fled precipitately, aban doning his trocps. it is even said that Victor was killed. To-morrow we shall give more circum stantial actounts. , —(Lisbon • A viaary more glorious to the British arms' tlin • that of Talavera, is not to,,be found in the annalS of British history since the days of Cressy and Agin court. What' wreaths of never-fading laurels does it twine round the brows of Great Britain.! What lustre does it ;vile& upon our army ! There is not an individual in it who may not exclaim with our Filth HENRY, on the day of the battle'of Agincourt, And Talavera's day shall ne'er go by, from this day to the ending of the world, 13rd'we hi it shall be remembered. By a French Colonel, taken .prisoner, we learn that, JOSEtli BUONAPARTE quitted the field, with N , TIoTOR, at half past four o'clock, and, the army re- . tceated at On the 20th of June, Lieutenant-General BECK- W 1 ri was' invested by Rear:.Admiral Sir COGIIRkNE, KA. with the Order of the Bath, which his Majesty, had been graciously 'pleased to i bestow upon ihAt, distinguished General, as a mark of his Royal approbation, for the eminent services render ed by him in the capture of Martinique. The cere monyWas_perforrned at the Government House, in Fort Royal.:(where.bis Excellency Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir GEORGE BECKWITH resides)`, in a 'private mariner, , the Heads of Departments', Captatns 'of the Navy, :and Field Officers or /the Garrison only being present. •.:His Excellency the - deneral after wards gave a grand". dinner to all the Officers whO had been .present at the ceremony. 'Lord' and 'Lady ,HoLiaiiin; and .Lord Rus- SELL, 'arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, in the Lively frigate, of 38 guns; Captain 'AVKINLEy, from their visit Co Spain, and 'set out for Holland- House - ,, where they 'arrived on Saturday. A. letter from an Officer. onboard the Eagle, 74, states, that both that ship and. the Jmpeteu.v have re:. ceived so much datnage.,by running foul of each other, that they must come home to repaired.— Thelmpetaeux was on shore 3u hours, and the Eagle nearly twice that time. • THE Aters...—That excellent establishment the British Institution, so honourable to the liberality of its pittrans, was opened again last week for the stu-' dentS. His Majesty aul;several distinguished ama teurs have supplied it with.sorne - of the"best works Of art. Hence the students, who are allowed to make partial copieS 'of these piEtures, or to enter into a noble emulation with the great masters by, teak , ing companions to their respedive works, will_ have ample scope for the exertion Of, their talents, and may eminentlycontribute to refine the taste and im prove the arts of their country. The statue of the Deke of BEDFORD does honour to the artist, but it ought to-have been .placed in .the middle of the square, where it would much have. increased the beanty,of , the scene, and would not have been exposed to wanton malignity. Mrs. and Miss MuniF, have been performing with `considerable success at Bet w ick-u pon -Tweed. Tliey concluded on Wednesday last tor their • benefit, and -the house was crowded in all parts. The (allowing circumstance occurred on Thurs day last, in the' neighbourhood of Croydon quantity of oak being to be cut down, the: peelers :'were as usual employed to strip_ the trees of their bark ;. a Gentleman who has an'unluckly monkey, 'remarkably so with respect to barking of trees, often 'procuring a knife for that purpose, had the curia; sity to see' . how it would- behave itself among the ,bark -peelers, and took it to the wood where the Men were at. work.: After obserVing them with .great attention, the monkey seemed'eager to be with them, and Elle' Genilethan offered it one of the smaller 'ln streinentS: used in peeling. The 'monkey imme diately, mounting the tree, began with all its might to tear off the bark, and in' less than half an' hOur 'it had, to the no Stnall suiptise . - of they few Who were eye-witt4sses of this uncommon - scene, un barked a' large arm of an °akin a regular' mapper, all tile' while making 'a Chattering noise, as irhighly "Plead. • Thete is now in full blow, in the Green 7 house l at Ardbracan, a YuCca Aloe- Folia, sUpppsed to be the' .second that has ever blown, in Ireland. It has thrown up a Stem .fotir feet and a halt high, with ba rizontal shoefs, bearing 132 umbellated flower's, in.a conical shape ; the ground colour white, with pur • pie•stripes. The colours are not brilliatu, but the flowers are elegiultly formed and grouped. It has been PlaMed, from 3s to 40 years. - 74 * XOLTItf. IMP mp ON THE LATE PREVALENT RETORT OF, THE. 3;r;k 4 A . , of MISTER WILLIAM cbmtitT, OF torrtg; . . Pray tell me, - Sit CreikNClS, if tOBIIRTT be Sr — ABSCONDED, thy turbulent Knight of the quill ? " Absconded and turbulent ? foolish enough ! " It dell he'll lie quiet, if ali;te iie;0111." Botley, Aug. I, !Soy.. K. t. , •,. A very lucrative trade has been for some time carrying on bets een Nova Scdtia and New-Yt,rk; for plaisier of Paris,whibh the Ameritan agricultural ist's find e*tremely beneficial as a manure. • , . • The passengers by -t he' vessel which - arrived oh Monday from Heligoland, stat,r, that , the expecta. tions on the Continent are less pacific than they. Were, and that it is not supposed the a;•inisiiee be lolloWed by a peice, . „ . The following. article was in the Gazette of Satur day last Tne Prince of ',VALES has been pleaE=e4. to appoint the Rev. ITIOULTON HARTWELL, of Ne 4.% "College, Oxford, A.M. to be one 'Of. his Royal High. ness':Chaplains in Ordinary." - On Friday Robert Hunifries, a triethanic; in Lit- . Suffolk-stree:, Chating-cross, underi6ok f or A considerable Wager to run round St. James's Park in 25 minutes. He stai ted from tl e Horse-guards; and ran along Whitehall, through King-,,tret-t and T.)- thill-street,' paSsing. Buckingham-gate,, alt*m.:: Pimlico, then through Grosvenor=place, a Id alty:2 - , Piccadilly, down St. James's -street, ai;d throno Palkniall and Cockspur-street„ into Whitehall, and ended at the Horse,guards„ -completing his la sit minutes and a half, being -three inihutei and half within n the time allowed. A gentleman o • horseback, who had some bets against.hrn, accom panied him to see that he performed the task fairly. The same man not long ago undertook to run frotli the Blackmoor's Head, in Whitcomb-s - ree,, over the three bridges, and back again to the same-public house, in 45'minutes ; he run along the Su - an A, in 'a direct line to St. pail's, passing it on the right, and 'Straight to London-bridge, returning on the Surrey side to Biackfriars-bridge, which he went over, and ~ ' returned again through Pedlar's-acre, over Wiest-: rninster-bridge, and to the Blaamoor's Head, iii Whiteonib-street, performing tliis difficult task iii forty-one minutes, being four minutes within the time allowed. . . . The great and long-depending question betwceri the Ear' of Carlisle and the Corporation of Morpeth; was on Thursday last decided at the same Court, in favourbf his Lordship, in an aelion of ejeament in - which it was finally determined that the whole of Morpeth High Common is the property of lalS Lordship. Britford Fair, near Salisbury, was held en . Sature. • day. The number, of sheep and lambs peneed; amounted to 2'0,000, and but very. few remained unsold. The sellers anticipated a brisk sale, and in this instance were not disappointed, owing to the ,very produaive season fur turnips in the tiplend countries. ' The prices were full 4s. per heid dearer than last year ewes fetched from 245. to 355. p e r - _ bead; wethers train 3.55, to 465 - . per head ; lamb's.. from 15seto ".2 . 5. per head. The prefereie e was still decidedly in favour of the . south-down'stoelee There were but few good horses; and those said at very high prices. . • Yesterday the party-wall of a publielhonse -in- Gratton-street, -Seven .Dials, gave way, atid per of the floors, the har, and staircase, descended to the cellar. Several persons had just time enough' to escape the ruins. All the -itmabieults were corn . - pelled to make a hasty retreat from the premises. --e.-• No lives were lost. . --- . ~ One of the' Hononiable Members'ef the Font-in.; band Club lately on his return to totidoi, stopped at the Red Lion Inn, at Breetford. An eld wo- man wanting to go to London, event, to the Etotiour= i able Driver, sup..osing him to be the - Coachman (be ! being standing close to the horses, in a true coach ! man-like style) and the carriage to be a stage-coach, and asked him to take her to Loudon ; to - which he. agreed, but persuaded her to get inside, obser:eieg that they should not fall out when thee got to Len ' don about :the fare. The groom, who 'was acting -the 'part of the guard, opened the door ter' her; and she went off in grand style. s . , On Friday night ,last, about nine o'clock, the .• steeets of Glasgw,v were most brilliantly illuminated by. meteor Or ball of fire. ' Its passage wAS'almost - , instantaneous, and the appearance Was very similar to that which would have been produced by intlani . ing a quantity ,of gun-powder at a 'considerable height. An inquisition was taken on Slthrday at the Goat; Hammersmith, on the-body of Mr. Cloud ; who met • his death by accident on Thursday evening.. It apt: peered On testimony, that the deceased and three other persons were all in a'one horse chaise; with A second horse before, in 'the tandem style ; that iii grossing 'some gravel nearebe turnpike gateat Han§ ; the driver was thrown out of the chaise, when thee - horses dragged the vehicle with so much violence .. against the gate, that ,the deceased was also thrown out, aid so much hurt, that he expired,the next morn:- ing.—Verdict, accidental death. . STATE LOTTERY:PersOns who hare bespoke ~ - particular Numbers at Swirl' and'Cre's Otficiis, are i respeafullY informed; that those Numbers are nova' • ready for delivery, arid that if 'they wish to secure - them at the present Prices, they mast take them be-. fore the lgth AuguSt, as after that day, the Prices of Tickets and Sharesevill be raised; and if the present • . demand Coptinues,, must . . be tnuet • higher before Inc- ,day of drawing., . 'I CORN-EXCHANGE, AVG. I,6,—There, are middling Supplie,s.Ot Wheat to-day- e -the samples chiefly second and ordinary, and fine is .some•whet dearer ;'EarleY in short stapply, and, with -Melt,- maintaitis'..litsf prices;. Beans of the two kitids likewise; the - sup"=. - • . plies of Outs are inconsiderable, and: this article ii . 'quoted rather dearer ; * prices of 'Flour at our . lest . ' currency, and some further arrivals from AmeriCa. ' i Wheat -75 s a Sits a 98's I Tick Beans •.- -• 45s a 511 '• . Fine ditto -, - stcz's a toss Oats -•- 26s a 3 s a 353 R ye _ - - .. .462 a 52s Poland ditto -.- 38s a,413 Marley ... - - 36 s a 445 P ... btatoe ditto , •—s .1 , 423 , Malt .. :. ~ -. 74s a' 80s i Rape Sccd - - /Si a szl, ' • r White Pease - Bos a 905 Hue Flour ,- Fos a 851 i l Grey ditto - - Os a szs SecOnds --. :. -75 s a psi 1 Buns. . .., , . 465,a 62,5. . ..